Words Flashcards

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Concede

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Admit that something is true after first denying or resisting it

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2
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Inelegant

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Having or showing a lack of physical grace or elegance

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3
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Unintelligible

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Impossible to understand

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4
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Proponent

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A person who advocates a theory proposal or project

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5
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Unscrupulous

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Showing no moral principles

Unjust or not honest or fair

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6
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Emaciated

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Thin and feeble deathly pale from lack of nutrition or illness

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7
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Assimilation

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The process of taking in and fully understanding information or ideas

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8
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Impervious

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Water repellent

Won’t let water pass through

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9
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Impede

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Delay or prevent;hinder

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10
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Ommision

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Left out of excluded

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11
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Benignity

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Kindness and tolerance towards others

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12
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Aboriginal

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Existing in a land from earliest times before colonists

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13
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Assent

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Expression of approval or agreement

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14
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Credence

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Belief of something as true

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15
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Devise

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Plan or invent

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16
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Presuppose

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Of an action process or argument

Precondition of possibility or coherence

17
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Ascetic

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Characterized by suggesting the practice of self discipline

18
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Intrinsic

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Belonging naturally; essential

19
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Extrinsic

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Not part of essential nature

Coming or operating from outside

20
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Sieve

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Put a food substance or other stuff in the sieve

Sieve stuff together in a bowl